is the oldest book on earth real?

Question

Dont get me wrong, i am as religious as ar ur average 20something yr old!
but do u think the Bible has through all this time stayed as it was originally! People who publish the book many years ago could have changed its scriptures without our knowledge??

Answer 1

Personally, no. Its been translated time and time and time again. No way has it stayed the same. Is it real or true? thats up to you to decide. All about faith. Noone can tell you in a definate answer yes or no. Some might say they can but they are idiots. Again my answer is no. I think the bible is a good work of fiction. Man, im gonna catch it for that statement.Anyway, theres my answer. Whether anyone likes or doesnt or even cares, doesnt matter to me.

Answer 2

Well, our modern Bibles are just the same as the earliest manuscripts... Let's take the NT, for example. The earliest manuscripts there are, at latest, taken around the time of the Council of Nicea, and at the earliest, about 100 years prior (I don't remember exactly when), and read identical to the way we know now.

As for OT, those go even earlier... I mean, look at the Dead Sea Scrolls. Within them was a copy of, IIRC, Daniel, and it was the very same as what we use today.

An interesting fact on the reliability of the OT, is when the Diaspora of the Jews happened (soon after the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans), the Jews split up into two primary groups, each taking a copy of the Torah. They no longer had any contact with each other. When they returned together, in the late 1800's, they compared Torahs. The *only* changes (and there were under 10 changes total, IIRC) was the usage of a couple words... for example (not an actual one, but rather to illustrate the point), one version used the word "red", the other used "crimson". Beyond those few differences, they were identical. If almost 1900 years could pass with so few changes, then it is safe to assume that another 1900 could pass with equally few changes.

Answer 3

The authenticity of the scriptures have been verified many times. This was an argument that held very little merit until about 40 years ago when the dead sea scrolls were found. They were dated some 3 or 4 thousand years old and had parts of the oldest scriptures in the Bible, it was written over a span of 900+ years. When they read what they could of it, it was degraded some, they found that it matched current records in the same language to the smallest iota. That little bit of merit the argument used to have was crushed into a final death.
Incidentally, the oldest known writings of any sort are found in the book of Job where there are descriptions of dinosaurs.
http://judgeright.blogspot.com

Answer 4

KJV Bible 1611 published plus 303 is 1914 after Christ an excepted translation for the end times after Eden. Rev.12:6-11,12,14,17 [ Satan is cast out of heaven in 1914 as the apostles expect Rom.16:20; Acts.2:31-35; Heb.1:1-13; Enemy now on footstool earth.

Daniel at Babylon 3460 after Eden plus 2520 is 5980 after Eden the world has an excepted bible translation, the year is 1914 after Christ, the word goes through 1260 days Rev.11:1-3 12:6,14; or 42 months Rev.13:5; or 3 1/2 years WW1. then Rev.13:11-19 [ Dan.8:12-14 2300 days of ] WW2.

Dan.8:12-14 [ 2300 less 606 BCE is 1694 and bible 83 years in end time days plus 300 years to 1997 and this generation will not pass away ];

Dan.12:1-7 [ 2500 to Michael ] , 12:8-10 [ 2520 Michael cast Satan out of heaven and WW1 last 1260 days ]; 12:11 [ 2x 1290 = 2680 less 606 BCE is 1974 after Christ and end of Vietnam War ];

Dan.12: 12 [ 2x 1335 = 2670 less 2520 is 150 years for the short time of Satan after Michael cast him out of heaven ]; Rev.9:1-5 [ 5 x 30 = 150 pit open for Satan]; Rev.9:12-16; 16:12-16 [ KJV Bible and angels 391 = 2002 after Jesus Euphrates conflict and terrorist attacks is expectations of world events ro Armageddon and 2Tim.3:1-7; Matt.10:34-38 the pattern od last day people.

The bible is right on top of every thing. Bible and world history is hand and hand as this world is what the bible is all about. Matt.24:3,7,14,15,22,34,36-38 this is the world that will end and ONLY GOD KNOWS DAY AND HOUR, Eph.3:21 world of Jesus is without end and it begans with Rev.20:1-6,12,13;

Answer 5

Bible is not the word of God now because the time and people have changed many things in it.... and after all it was just for a perticular peiod of time after it the book is just book and not guideline... and Bible is not guideline for whole humanity....

Quran means read is the guideline for every men in this universe wether he is christian hindu jew or muslim..... the words of quran is as same as it was revealed 1400 years ago.. it is the guildeline for whole human kind.....
Quran says as 'ya-auhal-insaana' oh men kind.... which means it is pointing whole wide world not just arabs

Answer 6

Job may be the oldest surviving book on earth!

Answer 7

First , who told you it is the oldest book on Earth , friend ?

Answer 8

Gilgamesh? No.

Oh, you mean the Bible? Answer same as above.

Answer 9

http://www.carm.org/bible/biblewhen.htm

Answer 10

since it was "god breathed " i dont think that did or could have happened!!